PhD candidate

Magnus Rønning

Magnus Stavik Rønning is a PhD candidate in philosophy at the University of Agder. He received his MA in philosophy from the University of Oslo in 2008, before studying mathematics and working as a teacher. His main research interest is in understanding how artificial minds can be legitimate moral agents. More broadly, he is interested in whether artificial systems can have mental properties and how this would impact human society and our understanding of ourselves. Other research topics include ethics, logic, mathematics, metaphysics and the philosophy of language.